Week 16 brings us a match on Jul 31st where Hammarby will play host to Värnamo in a meeting of these two Allsvenskan teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 4th placed Hammarby, recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Varberg BoIS. Gustav Ludwigson scored the first goal for Hammarby in the 16th minute, then Gustav Ludwigson added another in the 20th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Varberg BoIS couldn’t manage to score, and Hammarby took the shutout win. Hammarby is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Värnamo recorded a 2-3 loss against AIK. John Guidetti struck first for AIK in the 23rd minute, then Marcus Antonsson tied it up for Värnamo in the 50th minute on a feed from Abdussalam Magashy , but fortunately for AIK it didn’t end there. They added more goals to be able to earn themselves the win. Värnamo looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
Hammarby and Värnamo last played eachother at the Finnvedsvallen on Sunday May 29th. Värnamo was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Marcus Antonsson struck first for Värnamo in the 49th minute on a feed from Oscar Johansson, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Hammarby couldn’t manage to score, and Värnamo took the shutout win.
Värnamo’s most prolific scorer has been Marcus Antonsson. He has netted two goals over the last 5 matches. Hammarby is fortunate enough to have Gustav Ludwigson in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 5 goals.